Hello, I want to share a documentation how to setup a mail server using CentOS 6.5 using Postfix as SMTP server and Dovecot as IMAP/POP3 server. Postfix is a well known Message Transfer Agent that mostly used today and Dovecot is also one of the widely used Mail User Agent.
Preparing The Machine In this documentation we use a CentOS 6.5 server and before we start, let’s update the system.
# yum update A mail server needs to have a MX record in its DNS, so make sure we have that. It is also a good thing to set the PTR record pointing to our domain too.
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CentOS community now works together with Redhat alongside Fedora. It’s good news. So, we can hope to get a better software and support for next release of our beloved CentOS. As one of Linux (CentOS) fan, I want to share my experience installing nginx (engine-x) in CentOS 6.5. My VPS was installed as minimal server and then I added new packages, such as “Development tools” group and new repos (EPEL, CentALT).
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When we rent a VPS, we will get a public IP address so we can access our VPS from anywhere in this world. But, sometimes we want a better way to access our VPS using Domain Name. We will have to rent a domain name from a Domain Name Registrar and then set up our Name server so that our domain name refer to our IP address. There is usually an easier way by using our registrar control panel to set up NS records. But, if you still want to set up your own Name server, I hope this documentation will be useful for you.
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I have reached the eight semester in my undergraduate study and it means this semester I have to finish a final project (Tugas Akhir, ID) as a requirement to graduate. Actually I don’t really into my final project’s topic. There are many factors behind it. In the new curriculum, my department decide to give a final project to a team consist of two students. This is a good news because the possibility of student who will graduate is increased. But, this is somewhat a setback for me. I don’t usually work in a team and for my final project I want to do a final project which is a original, only for me, my own final project. The requirement that a final project must be done by a team makes me don’t feel that this is really my own final project.
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